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Malvineous:
So what do you think about all this? And are there any other foods you're curious about?

JN_TumLover56:
This is definitely an interesting read, but I am a little confused about the CPD.

Let’s say that something that has a CPD of 50, does that mean I gotta pay $50 or maybe $0.50 on a certain grocery?? If that’s the case no wonder why people are so concerned about shopping for groceries on the news. 😅

Either way I’d like an explanation for that. Thanks!

ILuvChubbyChix:
CPD - Calories Per Dollar.

If a cookie has 150 calories and costs $3 from somewhere, the math is 150 / $3 -> 50 / $1, or 50 CPD. Most would consider this very expensive.

Imagine a box of cheese sandwich crackers, that contains 16 packages. Each package is considered a serving, 200 calories each. That means the entire package supposedly has 3,200 calories, because 16 * 200 = 3,200. Then suppose the package costs $6. 3,200 / $6 -> ~533.33 / $1, or ~533 CPD.

I hope this helps.

Malvineous:
The upshot of this is that let's say you have a budget of $18 for a snack. If you spend it all on cookies, you'd get a total of 900 calories. But if you spend it on the crackers instead, you'd get 9,600 calories and a much better stuffing for the same money.

Reonis:
From Costco:

50lbs of lard is $51.39
50lbs of flour is $18.09

ignoring price of membership, that's $69.48 for 570,000 calories, or 8204 calories per dollar for 100 lbs of roux.

of course calories per dollar goes down when you add it to mac and cheese and chowders and gravies or whatever you want but i'd like to think it's a good starting point.

sources:

costcobusinessdelivery.com/butcher-boy-refined-lard%2c-50-lbs.product.100246065.html

costcobusinessdelivery.com/ardent-mills-harvest-hotel-%2526-restaurant-all-purpose-flour%2c-50-lbs.product.10178349.html